Instructions on How to Kill a Fly

Feel the fly
Close your eyes
Listen to its buzz,
Its quiet lull,
Its circling hum

Let the fly in
Let it brush your tongue
Feel the choke of your near swallow
Let it coax your ear toward insanity
Cringe with fly-ness

Tell the fly your darkest secret
How you stole your brother’s Rubber Soul
And scratched it twice
How your arms ache to be held
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